data formatting vs data format

data formatting and data format both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
data formatting	Yes	No	No	No
data format	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, data formatting and data format are synonyms defined as:

data formatting and data format: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

Other synonyms of data formatting include format, formatting.

data formatting (noun)	data format (noun)
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)	the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)